Design of mixing systems for plant cell suspensions in stirred reactors

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-335

  Doran, Pauline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL AGGREGATION; FOAMING; PLANT CELL CULTURE; REACTOR DESIGN; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; VISCOSITY;

BIOREACTORS; FERMENTATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HYDRODYNAMIC SHEAR; MIXING SYSTEMS; PLANT CELL SUSPENSIONS; SHEAR SENSITIVITY; STIRRED REACTORS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0033044616     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp990042v     Document Type: Article

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